Books and Their Readers in 18th Century England, 2 [[electronic resource] ] : New Essays

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451414603321
• Autore: Rivers Isabel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2003
• ISBN: 1-281-29885-9; 9786611298852; 1-84714-400-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 028.094209033; 028/.0942/09033; 820.9005 028/.0942/09033 028.9094209033
• Soggetti: English literature; English literature - History and criticism - 18th century - England; Book industries and trade - History - 18th century - England; Books and reading - History - 18th century - England; Popular culture - History - 18th century; English; General; Languages & Literatures; English Literature; Bibliography - General; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 The Book Trades; 2 The English Bible and its Readers in the Eighteenth Century; 3 Theological Books from The Naked Gospel to Nemesis of Faith; 4 The History Market in Eighteenth-Century England; 5 Biographical Dictionaries and their Uses from Bayle to Chalmers; 6 Review Journals and the Reading Public; 7 Literary Scholarship and the Life of Editing; 8 The Production and Consumption of the Eighteenth-Century Poetic Miscellany; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of eight new essays investigates ways in which significant kinds of 18th-century writings were designed and received by different audiences. Rivers explores the answers to certain crucial questions about the contemporary use of books. This new edition contains the results of important new research by well known specialists in the field of book and publishing history over the last two decades.

State, society and international relations in Asia [[electronic resource] ] : reality and challenges / / edited by M. Parvizi Amineh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791346803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-63380-5; 9786612633805; 90-485-0144-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Collana: ICAS publications series ; ; 11
• Altri autori (Persone): AminehMehdi Parvizi
• Disciplina: 338.095
• Soggetti: Industrialization - Asia - History; Asia Politics and government 1945-; Asia Economic conditions 1945-; Asia Foreign relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Maps, Tables and Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Crafting the Modern State: Religion, Family and Military in Japan,China and Korea; 2. Nationalism in the Age of Globalisation: The Case of East Asia; 3. Domestic Mobility and Elite Rent-Seeking: The Right to Migrate among Provinces and Vietnam's Economic Success Story; 4. The State and Ulama in Contemporary Malaysia; 5. Counting Votes That Count: A Systemic Analysis of the 2007 Timorese Elections and the Performance of Electoral Institutions; 6. The Ongoing Crisis in East-Timor: Analysis of Endogenous and ; Exogenous Factors7. Populism in East Asia's New Democracies: An Analysis of the Taiwanese Discourse; 8. Dominance of SMEs among Overseas Chinese Business Networks: A Network Structural Approach; 9. Building Regional Security Architecture: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation From an Organisational Theories Perspective; 10. Regionalism in Asia; 11. The Impact of China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on Textiles and Clothing Sectors of Asian Regions; 12. China and the Transformation of the Post-Cold War Geopolitical Order; List of ContributorsBibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: State, Society and International Relations in Asia brings together studies of selected modern Asian postcolonial states and societies.